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Crush
Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving.
Lacrimosa
After Robert is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his friends are forced to face the truth and their past.
2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture. The Sundance Film Festival has always been proud to treat short films with the highest regard and to give a home to new (and old) projects for audiences to discover and celebrate.
There Is Land!
"Há terra! is an encounter, a hunt, a diachronic tale of looking and becoming. As in a game, as in a chase, the film errs between character and land, land and character, predator and prey."
The Secret in the Attic
A beautiful woman marries a wealthy man, who for years chose to be a bachelor inspite of numerous female suitors. At first the marriage is perfect; he’s a loving husband and an enthusiastic lover. But soon the romance cools and the wife discovers that it has to do with a secret kept in the attic, something – or someone – he visits every night, that is changing him from a loving husband into a stranger… Akira Fukamachi directs this erotic and atmospheric drama.
Blue Fire
An elite A.I.coder faces a collision between the algorithms of the VR worlds he's creating and the archetypal dimensions of the greater Collective Unconscious. He finds solace in a rural farmhouse he rents from a Professor of Psychology who lives next door with a student he mentors on her dreams. Over two days, the dreams of all three impact their daily discourse in unexpected ways unhinging their lives through a vortex of a greater reality. BLUE FIRE spins the controversial A.I. phenomena beyond the consensus narrative of destroying the world VS. saving the world towards a radical vision of the future.
Buffalo Police on Parade
A street scene showing parade of the entire Buffalo Police Department, 16 men abreast, with military band.
Are These Our Children?
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
I Remember Crimson Peak
Four segments that breakdown the filmmaking process of Crimson Peak.
Dis Koue Kos, Skat
When Clara Brand discovers that her husband is cheating on her with her friend and colleague, she plots her revenge, all the while juggling new friendships, new romances and the rediscovery of her passion for food.
Pinnacles
Resulting from an ancient volcanic eruption, revered as sacred by the Chalun and Matsun Native American Tribes as the home of the Firebird/Thunderbird (California Condor) a supernatural being of power and strength. Pinnacles represents transcendent moments, spiritual guidance and forging new timelines within interpersonal landscapes.
Loca juventud
Johnny Durán, who is seventeen years old and son of a multimillionaire, arrives to Madrid for hollidays. In the capital he become friend of a group of boys and girls with whom he shares great moments; but soon he realice that they are a clan of thugs and decides to distance themselves. He also meets Paula, daugther of an italian family that is travelling, and they both feel atracted by each other. Since then, started happening a serie of unexpected events which the guy will have to solve with tenacity and responsibility.
The Iris Effect
In Los Angeles, Dr. Sarah Hathaway hired private eyes trying to find her missing son, the painter Thomas, who ran away from their home ten years ago after a quarrel with her. She finds a clue in a catalog of a panting exhibition in San Petersburg and she decides to travel alone to Russia to search for Thomas. Once there, she is not able to locate him and she has a nervous breakdown, but with the support of Dr. Ivan and helped by a street boy, she discloses what happened with her son.
Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic
On July 17 1955 Walt Disney opened the gates to Disneyland(R) the beloved American icon that has become a cherished destination for generations. It was also the day Walt's sixteen-year dream came true. The centerpiece of this volume is a captivating and nostalgic film that takes you inside that dream. Rare archival footage new interviews with key people and Walt's own words reveal how his innovative vision became a reality. Then discover more Disneyland(R) secrets with a fun-filled trivia game and relive the magic of the recently restored PEOPLE AND PLACES: DISNEYLAND U.S.A. presented in CinemaScope with a new 5.1 audio mix.
9/11: Stories in Fragments
How do you grasp an event as enormous as September 11? At the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, you start small: A briefcase, a Blackberry, a victim's sweatshirt, and a hero's nametag. Simple objects that tell personal stories, recounted in the donors' own words. Stories from New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA remind us that the legacy of 9/11 is not fear -- it's friendship, courage, and ordinary people pushed by extraordinary circumstances.
The Million Dollar Duck
Six artists from different walks of life vie to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the only juried art competition sponsored by the U.S. government.
Hora y media de balazos
Unassuming, milquetoast-y shepherd-boy is pressured into posing as a dangerous gunslinger.
Where We Belong
For Alyssia and Ilaria, every farewell is also a reunion. Just a while ago they were at the Italian Mediterranean coast, now here they are standing at a parking lot in front of an Esso gas station, waiting for their father’s car to appear around the corner. Affectionately, they bid their mother good-bye for now. The two sisters’ parents are separated. Just like Carleton, Sherazade and Thomas, the two girls have found their own way of dealing with the situation.
Como Vivem os Bravos
After years imprisoned and being part of a intriguing prison break, ex-policeman Mumbaca and bandit Alfinete join forces to face a spiral of situations that come upon highwaymen looking for vengeance from all over Brazil’s Northeast, where everyone is doomed to fall for a trap set by a new enemy: the notorious Goteiro.
The Night of the Minotaur
The director’s grandmother’s hometown had a lighthouse between the mountains, a forest filled with creatures and an echo that sounded every night like the warm wind. That is where the birds went to die. The Night of Minotaur is a fantastic tale that relies on archive footage to build the story of Luz Emilia García, the precursor of porn cinema in Colombia.